East Island (Hawaii)
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | French frigate shoals | |
| Geographical location | 23 ° 47 ′ N , 166 ° 13 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
East Island is an uninhabited island of Hawaii in the atoll of the French Frigate Shoals , which is part of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands . East Iceland is located about 850 km northwest of the island of O'ahu and is one of the marine reserve Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument .
Until it was almost completely flooded, East Iceland had a land area of 4.5 hectares.
Except for a few land masses, the island was destroyed by Hurricane Walaka in early October 2018. This particularly affected the populations of the green sea turtle and the Hawaiian monk seal , which used the island for their brood care.